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Calendar of State Papers, Spain
… to us what reply we shall give. Your Majesty is aware that wild boar is in great demand over here, and as we understand … our duty to state that we have heard the Queen is fond of wild boar, and is unable to procure any over here. We have … fisheries, commerce and carrying trade. It seems that the Wild Irish are even more turbulent and excited than usual, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… too little for the multitude of pheasants, partridges and wild-fowl that are to be bred in it.' 106 And further that …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 'tall,' while the beat off the island when hand-reared wild-duck and pheasants came together was a remarkably pretty … It is always interesting to notice the variety of wild fowl which fly out of the covert while the hounds are …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 'in whose woody coverts lurked the stag, the hind, the wild boar, and the bull.' 9 These animals were hunted with … of forest'-the red and the fallow deer, the roe, and the wild boar-in addition to ' beasts and fowls of warren'-the …
Survey of London
… and there are later references to pheasants and other "wild fowl" being preserved there. b In 15801 an account 87 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the commencement of the present century, was an entirely wild tract of nearly 10,000 acres, presenting much romantic …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… in a line towards St. Anne's lighthouse, is called the Wild Goose Race. Skomar SKOMAR, a small island, forming a …
Old and New London
… gardens of Essex House and Norfolk House; gone are the wild beasts which once were kept in Holywell Street; gone is …
Old and New London
… first-floor window, to escape the emissaries of Jonathan Wild. John Timbs tells us that here used to meet, until the …